My collared lizards have been doing great. Even my picky boy has been eating well and gaining weight. I went outside and caught a bunch of "wild" crickets and small grasshoppers and that really perked him up! But, we just got hit by the remnants of huricane Ike. Nothing like you guys had down south, but the winds knocked down lots of power lines and we've been without power now going on day three. It might even be a few more days without power.
So all my reptiles have been without supplemental heat or light for a few days. The ambient temp in my reptile room has been about 75 during the day and dipping down to 70 at night. NO one seems worse for wear. I've held off any feeding during this time . Should I have any concerns? If the power comes back on I will plan to warm everyone back up and feed them more if they will feed. Any suggestions from the experts?
My plan was to let the lizards have just a slight cool down as would naturally occur in the room as the winter comes but not let it get very cool. Some of my snakes will be cooled down in the basement and others will have the slight cooling in the snake room. But I usually don't start that until the end of October. This has worked very well for my colubrid snakes in the past. Do you think this is a reasonable approach with collared lizards?
Thanks,
John (Hayseed)
